50 years ago, in August 1967 New Zealander Burt Munro set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats on a 1920 Indian Scout he modified himself and worked on for years. Munro’s 1967 record is unbeaten for the 1000cc motorcycle class at 184.087 mph (two-way average speed ) Great-grand-nephew Lee Munro is in Bonneville commemorating this record, piloting “The Spirit Of Munro”, a specially built Indian Scout running in the 1350cc class, and with no intention to attempt to beat his ancestor’s record which was anyway in the 1000 cc class.

Last week at Speed Week, on the salts of Bonneville, Lee Munro made several runs on the 2017 Scout. On his first run Saturday, August 12, Munro’s official top speed on the Short Course was 191.286 mph. On Munro’s second run in the middle of the day Saturday his official speed was 182.439 mph. When he got back to the pit he told his crew the salt in the middle of the course was soft and slushy. Munro also made one run on the Long Course on Monday, with a top speed of 180.428 mph. Speed Week continues through August 18. Depending on conditions

Really tell me the last time Harley raced other then flat track and they can’t even break the top 5. To refresh your memory the last time harley raced was at Daytona when they where building the vrod and drag racing a vrod

Greg’s right Indian is spanking the taint off Harley. Munro was an incredible bloke. The kin has big shoes to fill and they have a lot of heart to do it. Bert has to be smiling down on him. Polaris bikes smoked all Harleys but the v-rod, not to shabby eh?( Thanks to Porsche). That motor is waisted by the moco and should have been offered on other bikes as a good entry platform for building ass kicking mill’s.

Greg’s right Indian is spanking the taint off Harley. Munro was an incredible bloke. The kin has big shoes to fill and they have a lot of heart to do it. Bert has to be smiling down on him. Polaris bikes smoked all Harleys but the v-rod, not to shabby eh?( Thanks to Porsche). That motor is waisted by the moco and should have been offered on other bikes as a good entry platform for building ass kicking mill’s.

Greg’s wrong . Its all marketing hype and Smoke& Mirrors intended to deceive . Which looking over the comments here so far they’ve been very successful . But then again in light of recent events : Does the masses and minions falling for yet another con job come as much of a surprise ? ‘ Fraid not buckaroos . 😎